State Ex Rel. City of Cleveland v. Sutula

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint of appellant, the city of Cleveland, for a writ of prohibition to prevent appellee, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John D. Sutula, from exercising any jurisdiction over a civil case instituted by a union against the city. Because Judge Sutula patently and unambiguously lacks jurisdiction to proceed in the case where the union’s claims arise from or are dependent upon the public-employment collective-bargaining rights created by R.C. Chapter 4117, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and grant the writ of…